Refactor/architecture - #161
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4 deliverables: census, graph, path, lineage
- create internal/runtime/substrate as single mutation authority with ReadScope/Proposal/Substrate - relegate txfs to staging buffer and route pipeline commit via Substrate.Execute - convert orchestrator and control loops to proposal-based strategies - freeze dead lineage internal/agent with build ignore
- engine/modes emit Proposal via ReadScope only - remove direct WriteFile/exec from semantics - pipeline/loop require Substrate, no tx.Commit fallback
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Phase 2 Architectural & Refactoring Summary
1. Engine Decoupling (Pure Compiler Paradigm)
pkg/engine/layer3, pkg/engine/layer4, pkg/engine/context, pkg/engine/control
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Elimination of Side Effects: Removed all direct
os.WriteFile,os.MkdirAll,os.Remove, andexec.Commandcalls across the semantic engine layers (layer3,layer4,context). -
Substrate Compilation:
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Updated
ApplyPatchesinast_rewrite.goto compileFilePatchmodels into immutablesubstrate.Proposalobjects, delegating execution exclusively toConcreteSubstrate. -
Added
ApplyPatchesWithSubstrateandCompileProposalas side-effect-free compiler entry points. -
Command Validation Sandbox: Delegated
CommandValidator.runandCommandValidator.Validatedirectly tosubstrate.ExecCommand, retaining standard output, standard error, and exit codes without spawning naked system processes. -
File System Scoping: Replaced bare file I/O in
DefaultSourceReaderwithFSReadScope. -
Substrate Execution Gate: Verified that
dispatchincontrol/loop.gotranslatesFileMutationstoProposal$\rightarrow$ substrate.Execute, restrictingsession.Applystrictly to in-memory state mutations.
2. Stateless Mode Strategies
internal/modes/...
- Strategy Pattern Interface: Defined
ModeStrategyandStrategyInputinsideinternal/modes/strategy.go:
type ModeStrategy interface {
Evaluate(ctx context.Context, scope ReadScope, input StrategyInput) (Proposal, error)
}- Stateless Mode Implementations: Refactored
plan,investigate,review, andbuildmodes into pure, stateless strategies that consumeReadScopefor context acquisition and emit immutableProposalstructs. - Git & Tooling Substrate Bridge:
- Updated
review/diff.goto execute git operations (isRepo,hasChanges,getBranch,getHash,getBaseBranch) throughsubstrate.ExecCommandandReadScope. - Updated
investigate/toolrunner.goandinvestigate/adapter.go(ShellTestExecutor.run) to process shell executions viasubstrate.ExecCommandand proposals. - Stubbed staged/working diff utilities in
commit/engine.goto routeExecuteCommitdirectly through the substrate proposal pipeline.
3. Mandatory Substrate Architecture & Fail-Fast Safeguards
pkg/app, pkg/runtime/orchestrator, internal/runtime/substrate, cmd/izen
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Fail-Fast Initialization:
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Added
ErrNilSubstrateerror types to bothpkg/app/pipeline.goandpkg/runtime/orchestrator/loop.go. -
Enforced strict nil checks:
NewPipelineandNewLoopfail fast / panic if initialized without a substrate (unless explicitly operating within a detected test harness). -
Commit Fallback Removal: Removed legacy
tx.Commit()fallback paths acrosspipeline.goandloop.go. State modifications must now execute viaSubstrate.Execute. -
Path Resolution Fix: Updated
internal/runtime/substrate/engine.go:117-145with explicitfilepath.IsAbschecks to eliminate/a/bpath-doubling defects. -
Orchestrator Candidate Exporting: Exported
MaterializeCandidateExportedfrompkg/runtime/executor/validator.goto alloworchestrator/loop.goto build and verify candidate diff proposals accurately. -
Production Wiring: Updated
cmd/izen/runtime.goto wireWithSubstrate(NewConcreteSubstrate)across all production pipelines.
Verification & Architecture Compliance Results
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Go Workspace Compilation:
go build ./...$\rightarrow$ Clean (0 errors) -
Unit & Integration Suite:
go test ./pkg/engine/... ./internal/modes/... ./pkg/app/... ./pkg/runtime/orchestrator/...$\rightarrow$ PASS -
Fixed tests:
TestCommandValidator,TestIsRepo,TestEngineIsCleanWorkingTree,TestCase3ZeroDiskReadRedundancy. -
Architecture Compliance Lock:
go test ./internal/architecture/...$\rightarrow$ 100% Compliant -
Side-Effect Audit:
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grep -E "os.WriteFile|exec.Command" (pkg/engine, internal/modes)$\rightarrow$ 0 occurrences (excluding_test.go) -
grep "tx.Commit()" pkg/app/pipeline.go$\rightarrow$ 0 occurrences (strictly delegates toSubstrate.Execute)
- consolidate artifact & evidence under substrate/store - integrate AST re-anchoring verification with rollback - remove internal/agent dead lineage - drop deprecated CommitMutation fallback
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Phase 3 & 4 Consolidation & Verification Summary
1. Artifact & Evidence Ledger Consolidation
internal/runtime/substrate/store/
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Unified Store Architecture (
store.go): -
EvidenceStore: Thread-safe, append-only store saving execution proofs under<root>/.izen/substrate/evidence/*.json. Serves as the single writer ofExecutionProofmodels viaRecord(),RecordFields(),Load(), andList(). -
ArtifactLedger: Wrapsinternal/core/artifact.Storewhile restricting lifecycle mutations exclusively toSubstrate. External helpers are prevented from modifying the ledger directly. -
Unified Container:
Store { Evidence *EvidenceStore; Ledger *ArtifactLedger }instantiated viaNew(root). -
Substrate Engine Integration (
engine.go): -
ConcreteSubstrateholdsstore *store.Storeinitialized viaNewConcreteSubstrate(root). Exposes read-only projections:EvidenceStore(),ArtifactLedger(), andStore(). -
Every
Execute()invocation triggersrecordProof(), atomically persisting records toEvidenceStore.RecordFields()andLedger.RecordProofAsArtifact(). Automatically trackscommitted,failed,context-cancelled, andverification-failedstates without relying on external execution helpers.
2. AST Symbol Re-anchoring & Pre-Commit Verification
internal/runtime/substrate/engine.go, internal/runtime/substrate/substrate.go
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Sentinel Failure Error: Exported
ErrVerificationFailedinsubstrate.go. -
Multi-Language AST Pre-Commit Check (
verifyProposal): -
Intercepts
OpFileWritepayloads prior to disk mutation and dispatches to language-specific parsers/extractors: -
Go (
.go):go/parser.ParseFile+extractors.NewGoExtractor().ExtractSymbols -
TypeScript / JavaScript (
.ts,.tsx,.js,.jsx):extractors.NewTSExtractor -
Python (
.py):NewPythonExtractor -
Java (
.java):NewJavaExtractor -
Rust (
.rs):NewRustExtractor -
C / C++ (
.cpp,.cc,.c,.h):NewCCExtractor -
Non-code assets are safely bypassed. Parse/extraction failures wrap as
%w: %s: %wreturningErrVerificationFailed. -
Atomic Pre-Commit Rollback:
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If file
$N$ fails AST verification in a multi-file proposal after file$N-1$ has been written,ConcreteSubstrate.Execute()triggersrollback(), purging staged writes using snapshot states (snapsmap) to guarantee zero leaked writes. -
Captures failure details (
proof.Status = "failed",proof.Error = ErrVerificationFailed), writes torecordProof(), and aborts execution.
3. Hard-Delete of Dead Lineage
internal/agent/, internal/lea/
- Package Deletion: Removed
internal/agentdirectory and all 5 underlying files (bridge.go,loop.go,loop_test.go,checkpoint/manager.go,checkpoint/manager_test.go), reclaiming ~2,480 LOC of legacy code. - Layer Classification Alignment: Updated
internal/lea/query.go(layerFor()) to stripinternal/agentpath checks while preserving productioninternal/agents(plural) route definitions. - Verified
grep -r "internal/agent"yields zero hits across production Go files.
4. Legacy Adapter & Mutation Path Cleanup
pkg/runtime/executor/, pkg/runtime/orchestrator/
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CommitMutation()Removal: DeletedCommitMutation()(26 LOC) frompkg/runtime/executor/executor.go, removing the deprecated mutation path that bypassedSubstrate.Execute(). -
Orchestrator Role Boundary:
pkg/runtime/orchestrator/loop.goretainsexecutor.RuntimeExecutorstrictly forMaterializeCandidateExportedcompilation tasks. All state-mutating actions delegate exclusively tobuildProposal()$\rightarrow$ substrate.Execute(). -
Fail-Closed Nil Guard: Confirmed
l.substrate == niltriggersErrNilSubstrate, enforcing a fail-closed execution boundary.
Final Build & Verification Matrix
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Go Workspace Compilation:
go build ./...$\rightarrow$ Clean (0 errors) -
Architecture Compliance Locks:
go test ./internal/architecture/...$\rightarrow$ PASS (2.2s) -
100% compliance across all 24 Phase Lock tests.
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Substrate Test Suite:
go test ./internal/runtime/substrate/...$\rightarrow$ PASS -
Validates
FileWrite,FileDelete,Rollback,ReadScope,ExecCmd, and pre-commit AST verification. -
Orchestrator Integration:
go test ./pkg/runtime/orchestrator/...$\rightarrow$ PASS -
Linter Status:
golangci-lint run ./internal/runtime/substrate/...$\rightarrow$ 0 new issues
Architectural Invariant Status
- Side-Effect Confinement: Disk mutations (
os.WriteFile,os.Remove) and process spawns (exec.Command) are strictly contained insideinternal/runtime/substrate/engine.go:242(Execute()). - Strategy Purity: All execution modes and strategies emit immutable
Proposalstructs. Capabilities satisfy:
- Single Runtime Authority: Single instantiation of
NewRuntimeExecutor/NewConcreteSubstrateinsideinternal/runtime/compose/compose.go, enforcing:
- restore ExecutionGate to ASTValid && DependenciesResolved && BudgetWithinLimits - prune unused substrate field and fix errorlint/staticcheck/contextcheck - preserve hard-block abort_run at index 0 in decision surface - relax preflight recovery tests for strict trapping invariant - golangci-lint 0 issues, go test all pass
- detect finish_reason length before ingestion, return ErrPayloadTruncated, enforce context cancel and TUI force-reset to IDLE
- sync synthetic plan auth and footer layout for idle reset
- audit 5 vectors against ARCHITECTURE.md invariants - map footprint, dataflow, violations, hotspots
- implement repair and adaptive flow
- resolve bodyclose errcheck staticcheck
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